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D. Accessory and Options

Part name

Model

Q’ty

Note

Accessories

SCSI cable

1

Wire saddle

1

Band

1

Printer box installing screw

5

Printer control PWB

1

With frame

Printer driver

Printer Driver (including PPD File)

1

Screen Font

1

Resident-FontData Install Utility

1

Printer Administration Utility ver.2.x

1

NWsetup

1

Printer Status Monitor ver.2.0

1

Integrated Installer

1

Makedisk Utility

1

Installation manual

1

Operation Manual

1

Label

1

Only for Sweden and Norway

Option

SIMM memory

16MB

ED0 type/Without parity/70ns or above
The copier ICU PWB requires the total
memory of 16MB(20MB) or more.
The printer control PWB has two expansion
slots to which 16MB or 32MB memory can
be additionally installed. (16MB onboard)

32MB

Network card

AR-NC3D

1

10Base-T / 100Base-TX

Separate purchase
(User purchase)

Printer (parallel) cable

Necessary when the copier is used as a
stand-alone machine.

E. List of the Applicable Models for the AR-PB2A Printer Expansion Kit

The details of the specifications, features, and options of the printer may vary with the printer models. Some features described in this manual may
not be available depending on the printer drivers.

Model Name

AR-280

AR-285

AR-335

AR-250

AR-281

AR-286

AR-336

AR-405

AR-505

AR-287

AR-337

AR-407

AR-507

Hard disk

drive

Yes

Yes

Yes

No *

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Capacity

2GB *

2

2GB *

2

2GB *

2

1GB

2GB

2GB

2GB

2GB

2GB

4.3GB

4.3GB

4.3GB

4.3GB

Reverse

order printing

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Photo

enhancement

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Toner save/

smoothing

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Confidential

print

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Tandem print

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Status/alert

by E-mail

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Account

control

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Network

scanner *

3

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

*1 Optional

*2 Some units of the models may come with a 1 GB hard disk drive.

*3 Optional AR-NS1 is needed.

AR-PB1 A and AR-PB2 A are available for following models however, the available functions can vary with the copier models installed.

AR-PB2A

1 – 2

Summary of Contents for AR-PB2A

Page 1: ... service only The contents are subject to change without notice 1 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 1 1 2 SPECIFICATION 2 1 3 SETUP 3 1 4 SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS 4 1 5 CONFIGURATION REPORT AND TEST PAGE 5 1 6 FIRMWARE VERSION UP 6 1 7 FUNCTION AND OPERATION 7 1 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM Refer to the AR PB2 Service Manual PARTS GUIDE CONTENTS AR PB2A ...

Page 2: ...ration setting 4 1 A Printer setting 4 2 B Interface Settings 4 2 C Network Settings 4 2 D Print Test Page 4 3 E Initialization and or Storage Setting 4 3 2 Key operator programs 4 3 3 Hardware setup and adjustments 4 4 A Flash Memory write protect setting 4 4 B Laser power setup 4 4 C Centro interface adjustment 4 4 D NVRAM clear 4 4 E Network card check 4 4 5 Configuration Report and Test Page 5...

Page 3: ...ard AR PB2 Printing system can optionally be configured with Network Server Card of supporting 10Base T and 100Base TX B System Elements C Input Output Device Options Printer Expansion kit AR PB2A CD ROM CD ROM Print Server Card AR NC3D 10Base T 100Base TX Expansion Memory AR SM1 SDRAM Scanner Expansion Kit AR NS1 P1284 SCSI I F Copier Printer Controller Bitmap data Bitmap data ICU command status ...

Page 4: ... List of the Applicable Models for the AR PB2A Printer Expansion Kit The details of the specifications features and options of the printer may vary with the printer models Some features described in this manual may not be available depending on the printer drivers Model Name AR 280 AR 285 AR 335 AR 250 AR 281 AR 286 AR 336 AR 405 AR 505 AR 287 AR 337 AR 407 AR 507 Hard disk drive Yes Yes Yes No 1 ...

Page 5: ...4 Port Ethernet Port Firmware PostScript L2 DPO Port 1284 Port NIC PJL PCL5e SPDL PCL6 EX only Host I O Manager 1284 Driver DPO Driver Engine I F Manager Print Queue Manager SCSI 2 I F Driver Print Engine Front Panel Control ESC P Super ESC P Japan only Roman Font Font Manager eRDH PostScript PPD Japan only Kanji Japan only AUTO Switching AR PB2A 1 3 ...

Page 6: ...PD EtherTalk FTP TCP Raw Socket Direct Dump CPU R4700 64bit RISC 150MHz Memory Standard EDO RAM 16 MB Max 80 MB Slot 2 Slots EDO type 72pin standard SIMM 16MB or 32MB Resident Fonts For PS 80 fonts Same 80 fonts as PCL For PCL5e PCL6 SPDL 80 fonts Same 80 fonts as PS Line Printer B Printer Driver Compatibility NO PRINTER DRIVER WIN 3 1 WIN 95 WIN 98 WIN NT 1 Windows PS 2 Windows PPD 3 Windows PCL5...

Page 7: ...r N A Z N up Border N A Yes No Always Yes Paper Input Paper Size A3 B4 A4 B5 A5 A6 Japanese Postcard Ledger Legal Foolscap Letter Executive Invoice Custom Paper Size 1 size 1 size 3 sizes 0 sizes for WindowsNT and Windows2000 Source Selection Automatic Bypass Tray Bypass Tray Manu Tray 1 2 3 4 Large Capacity Tray Different 1st Page Yes No It is possible to select whether print back side of first p...

Page 8: ...nly 2 Macintosh Function Macintosh PPD file General Copies 1 999 Orientation Portrait Landscape Reverse Order Yes No Duplex 1 Sided 2 Sided Left Top Right Binding Booklet N A Binding Edge Long Short N up 2 4 6 9 16 N up Order Z reversed Z N up Border None Single Hairline Single Thinline Double Hairline Double Thinline Paper Input Paper Size A3 B4 A4 B5 A5 A6 Japanese Postcard Ledger Legal Foolscap...

Page 9: ... optional Engine I F SCSI 2 1ch Asynchronous and Synchronous 16bits bus DMA b Firmware Job Control PJL PJL is used in emulations other than PCL5e Emulation PCL5e PostScript Emulation Switching AUTO PS PCL Resident Fonts PCL5e SPDL 80 Fonts HP8000 Typeface compatible Lineprinter PostScript Roman 80 Fonts Adobe PS Printer Typeface com patible PCL6 80 Fonts Host I O P1284 Compatible Nibble for PnP Ex...

Page 10: ...nt Resident Fonts Emulation Resident Font PCL5e PCL6 Roman 80 Fonts Bitstream 1 Font Bitmap Bitstream PostScript Roman 80 Fonts Bitstream 1 PCL5e Roman fonts Font format 80 fonts Bitmap 1 font Font data size Approx 1 9MB Font supplier Bitstream Font name Dutch 801 SWC Dutch 801 Italic SWC Dutch 801 Bold SWC Dutch 801 Bold Italic SWC Swiss 742 SWC Swiss 742 Italic SWC Swiss 742 Bold SWC Swiss 742 B...

Page 11: ...ive owners 1 These fonts cannot be used with the PS driver 2 For Line Printer in the above table display font is not supplied 2 PS2 Roman fonts Number of fonts 80 Font format All of the 80 fonts Font data size Approx 0 9MB Font supplier Bitstream Font name ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book Oblique ITC Avant Garde Gothic ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi Oblique Font name ITC Bookma...

Page 12: ...lel cable Necessary when the copier is used as a stand alone machine 2 Preliminary work If the version of the three kinds of flash memory installed to the copier is older than the following upgrade is required Check version number and perform the upgrade if necessary For the procedure refer to the Technical Report 3 Hardware setup A Common work 1 Printer unit installation 1 Turn OFF the main switc...

Page 13: ...rews to secure it Place the printer relay cable as shown in the illustration then tighten the binding band and cut away the excess 8 Reinstall the flywheel which was removed in the step 4 onto the main drive shaft while slipping inside the exterior Use the three securing screws to secure it Make sure the arrow mark on flywheel faces toward you Caution Do not turn the flywheel with hands after inst...

Page 14: ...he printer relay cable 3 Insert and fix the wire saddle at the position of rear lower cover as shown in the illustration 2 Expansion memory installation a Memory expansion in the printer control PWB Normally there is no need for memory expansion However memory expansion will increase the printer performance When printing graphics or complex data memory expansion will increase printing speed Memory...

Page 15: ... 486DX 66 MHz or better Pentium or better is recommended Windows NT4 0 486 25MHz or better RAM Windows 3 1 Windows 95 8 MB or more 12 MB or more is recommended Windows 98 Windows 2000 16 MB or more 32 MB or more is recommended Windows NT 4 0 16 MB or more Macintosh Operating system Mac OS 7 6 to 9 0 CPU MC 68040 or PowerPC microprocessor RAM 16 MB or more for PowerPC microprocessor machine 12 MB o...

Page 16: ...n you first install your network scanning system both password functions are disabled To set a User and or Admin password Name Definition Enable Password Protection of This Web Site To enable password protection check the box and click the Submit button To disable it clear the check mark in the box and click the Submit button User Access in Destination List Enter a User password within 10 characte...

Page 17: ...re changes depending on whether a network interface card is present in the copier printer or not The menus inside the gray area are for a copier printer with a network interface card Print Server Card installed NOTE Depending on the particular printer some functions of the printer configuration menu cannot be set for example smoothing and toner save mode NOTES The menus inside the gray area are fo...

Page 18: ...r is connected to the computer through a parallel port AUTO PostScript or PCL can be set NETWORK PORT EMULATION SWITCHING Specifies a printer language to emulate for printing when the printer is connected to the computer through network AUTO PostScript or PCL can be set I O TIMEOUT Use this function to set the amount of time to wait after end of data stream before ending print job This time can be...

Page 19: ...be recalled Use the key operator programs to cancel protection mode If the setting of functions of enabling protocols ENABLE TCP IP ENABLE NetWare and ENABLE EtherTalk is changed by using the function RESTORE FACTORY DEFAULTS or RESTORE CONFIGURATION the new setting will be effective after resetting the printer To reset the printer turn off the printer and then turn it on after a few seconds The R...

Page 20: ...pier is not normally per formed with the set value st to 10 default check the environment of PC and change the set value Adjustment range 0 255 2 SELECT IN signal setup Enter SIM 67 11 and set SELECT IN signal YES NO The relationship between the set value 0 or 1 and SELECT IN signal is as follows Set value SELECT IN signal 0 YES 1 NO If communication between PC and the copier is nor performed nor ...

Page 21: ...le 600 dpi Default 600 dpi Description It is always 600 dpi b Language Value English Deutsch German Francais French Italiano Italian Nederlands Dutch Espanol Spanish Svenska Swedish Example English Default Depends on copier language Description AR PB2 includes seven language messages originally AR PB2 decides the display language depending on the language code sent from MAIN MAIN sends the lan gua...

Page 22: ...fault Depends on the Machine configuration Description It indicates the number of standard input trays It depends on hardware configuration d Large Capacity Tray Value Yes No Example Installed Default Depends on the Machine configuration Description It indicates that large capacity paper input tray Large Capacity Tray is attached or not It depends on hardware configuration e Interface Board Value ...

Page 23: ...and this time will pass then PostScript interpreter will cancel the print job 0 means never time out PCL5e Emulation This section tells PCL5e information This section would not appear on AR PB1 Siam for Japan domestic a Font Source Value Resident Download Example Resident Default Resident Description Current font source to print characters in PCL mode b Font Number Value 0 to 45 Example 0 Default ...

Page 24: ...g Check the PC and the copier for any abnormality and per form the above procedure again It is requred 15 30 min Due to PC performance 7 Print the setup list and check the firmware version 8 Turn off the power and write protect the flash memory on the printer control PWB Copier power OFF Remove the printer control PWB Switch the connection of jumper JP109 on the printer control PWB from 1 2 to 2 3...

Page 25: ...n Enables saving of copy data into memory without interruption while the first page of data is being transferred Allows interruption of saving of copy data into memory while print data of the second or successive pages is being transferred In either case clears transferred image data and requests that the image data be transferred again Enables copy printing without interruption while the first pa...

Page 26: ...selected one will start to be printed Enabled Off On When there is paper in Bypass Tray during suspending a job with Bypass Tray manual selected The data is held CHANGE BYPASS TRAY PAPER TO When supplying paper as directed the print will start in three seconds Even if the paper in bypass tray continues to be used the paper needs to be reset by loading it again However since the size detection is n...

Page 27: ...the specified emulation is not present the data is processed by the default emulation The PJL Enter command specifies PostScript and PCL5e 4 Resolution The printer controller supports only 600 dpi binary images in single bit per pixel mode The print engine does not support resolution settings other than 600 dpi fixed at 600 dpi When300 dpi is specified for resolution 4 pixels are represented as 1 ...

Page 28: ...via the receiving buffer When receiving the data until the I O time out the count is reset to stop In the between jobs setting of the automatic switching the conditions that a print job will be completed are as follows Job Start Job End Common PJL JOB command PJL EOJ command I O Timeout PCL PJL ENTER LANGUAGE command PCL Jobs starting with the PCL data UEL command ESC E I O Timeout PS PJL ENTER LA...

Page 29: ...e The received print data will be cleared 1 The maximum number of print jobs or the maximum number of pages specified with a key operator program is exceeded 2 Custom paper size is specified 16 Tandem Print If the printer model has the tandem copy print feature and is con nected with another copier of the same model through the tandem connection cable so that the tandem copy feature can be used th...

Page 30: ...e the Network card F9 04 Content Printer program error Detail Program data trouble in the option printer board Cause Flash memory data is destroied Check and remedy Replace or rewrite the Flash memory Replace the printer PWB F9 05 Content Short of memory capacity on the ICU PWB Detail Total memory is less than 16MB on the ICU PWB Cause Memory defect SIMM memory connector connection defect ICU PWB ...

Page 31: ...B1 PB1A MODEL AR PB2 PB2A Printer unit Printer PWB Packing material Accessories Index SHARP CORPORATION This document has been published to be used for after sales service only The contents are subject to change without notice ...

Page 32: ...h the revolution or loading B Rank Parts similar to A Rank parts but are not included in Rank A Because parts marked with is indispensable for the machine safety maintenance and operation it must be replaced with the parts specific to the product specification 1 Printer unit NO PARTS CODE PRICE RANK NEW MARK PART RANK DESCRIPTION Ex Ja 1 BA FX B Printer box fan 2 AA DD C Washer 3 AA DD C Screw 3 2...

Page 33: ...0µF C302 303 315 316 22 AC DD C Capacitor 6 3WV 100µF C107 23 AC DD C Capacitor 16WV 10µF C102 103 109 24 AC DJ C Capacitor 16WV 47µF C104 106 25 AC DD C Capacitor 25WV 35µF C105 26 AD DD C Capacitor 50WV 10µF C101 108 27 AA DD C Capacitor 25WV 0 10µF C201 202 203 205 206 215 216 222 229 234 240 242 258 AA DD C Capacitor 25WV 0 10µF C260 280 282 299 304 312 314 317 368 AA DD C Capacitor 25WV 0 10µ...

Page 34: ...istor 1 16W 47KΩ 5 R402 72 AA DD C Resistor 1 16W 5 6KΩ 5 R396 73 AA DD C Resistor 1 4W 220Ω 5 R219 236 74 AA DD C Resistor 1 4W 330Ω 5 R245 262 75 AA DD C Screw 3 6 IC166 501 BB GD E FN1 Mask ROM Unit Japan only AR PB1A PB1 CN114 FN1 ROM BB GD E FN2 Mask ROM Unit Japan only AR PB1A PB1 CN111 FN2 ROM BB GD E FN3 Mask ROM Unit Japan only AR PB1A PB1 CN110 FN3 ROM BB GD E FN4 Mask ROM Unit Japan onl...

Page 35: ...tection packing cushion A A 19 AF DS D Spacer 20 AL EB N D Packing case Japnese Japan AR PB1A J AP EQ D Packing case Japnese Japan AR PB1 J AL EB N D Packing case English USA CANADA AR PB2A E AP EQ D Packing case English USA CANADA AR PB2 E AL EB N D Packing case English Australia New Zealand Europe AR PB2A EG AP EQ D Packing case English Australia New Zealand Europe AR PB2 EG AL EB N D Packing ca...

Page 36: ... D 3 20 AP EQ D 3 20 AP EQ D 3 20 AP EQ D PARTS CODE JAPAN ONLY ORDER CODE NO PRICE R NEW P R Ex Ja 3 20 AP EQ D 3 20 AP EQ D 3 20 AP EQ D 3 20 AP EQ D 3 20 AP EQ D 3 20 AP EQ D 3 20 AP EQ D 3 20 AL EB N D 3 20 AL EB N D 3 20 AL EB N D 3 20 AL EB N D 3 20 AL EB N D 3 20 AL EB N D 3 20 AL EB N D 3 20 AL EB N D 3 20 AL EB N D 3 20 AL EB N D 3 15 AE DS D 3 5 AA DD D 3 14 AA DD D 3 8 AA DD D 3 6 AD DJ...

Page 37: ...DD C 2 66 AA DD C 2 67 AA DD C 2 68 AA DD C 2 69 AA DD C 2 70 AA DD C 2 71 AA DD C 2 72 AA DD C 2 73 AA DD C 2 74 AA DD C 1 4 AA DD C 2 75 AA DD C 1 9 AA DD C 1 3 AA DD C 1 11 AA DD C 3 3 AA DD C 1 2 AA DD C PARTS CODE JAPAN ONLY ORDER CODE NO PRICE R NEW P R Ex Ja 6 ...

Page 38: ...AR PB2A ...

Page 39: ...er d explosion s il y a remplacement incorrect de la batterie Remplacer uniquement avec une batterie du même type ou d un type équivalent recommandé par le constructeur Mettre au rebut les batteries usagées conformément aux instructions du fabricant VARNING Explosionsfara vid felaktigt batteribyte Använd samma batterityp eller en ekvivalent typ som rekommenderas av apparattillverkaren Kassera anvä...

Page 40: ...wledgments Microsoft Windows MS DOS and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U S A and other countries Macintosh Power Macintosh Mac OS LaserWriter and AppleTalk are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc IBM PC AT and PowerPC are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation PCL is a trademark of the Hewl...

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